"They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us. "We are journalists! We are medics!" I was chanting when the Israeli soldiers abruptly pointed their assault rifles at me. I tried to recall our medical training, but the lasers from their scopes distracted me. Was it the organs on the left or the right I was supposed to cover if they began shooting? I could not remember."
"The devastation of Gaza has been particularly lethal for journalists, with Israeli forces killing more media workers in the past two years than those killed in the US Civil War, both World Wars, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Yugoslavia Wars, and the post-9/11 War in Afghanistan combined. Gaza is also the deadliest place on the planet for humanitarian workers. The atrocities in Gaza are simply unprecedented."
Nearly 100 people, mainly medical workers and journalists, sailed on a flotilla bound for Gaza to deliver aid amid one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in recent memory. Israeli soldiers stripped detainees naked, deprived them of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened them with guns, and physically attacked them. The voyage followed an earlier Israeli drone attack in May that caused a fire on the Conscience. Gaza has become exceptionally lethal for journalists and humanitarian workers, with Israeli forces killing more media workers in two years than in many major twentieth-century wars combined.
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